No 9882, Wednesday 30 Jun 10, M Manna

This is hardly a Cryptic CW with 12 out of 29 clues as CD's, DD's & E's.

ACROSS

1   - Look at closely in critical appraisal (7) - INSPECT [DD]

5   - Maintains a rising pressure (7) - {A}{SSERTS<-}

10 - She lets Al around her as a guide (6) - STELLA* Why guide?

11 - Striking confession by an artist's model (8) - {I'M}{POSING}

12 - Pointed article for the medical profession to read (6) - LANCET [DD]

13 - Like set meals arranged for vegetarians (8) - MEATLESS*

14 - Finding myself, inter alia, with a girl (6) - {A{ME}LIA}

15 - Expenditure for striking place (6) - OUTLAY Anno pending. Striking place ?

18 - Israeli leader spent freely on a musical instrument (6) - {SP{I}NET*}

20 - They have possession (6) - OWNERS [CD]

23 - The organisation of chores on a ship (8) - SCHOONER*

25 - Fit in argument in favour of making money (6) - {PRO}{FIT}

26 - What the theatre critic will expect to get as a perk (4,4) - FREE SEAT [CD]

27 - Ones with the severest degree of intellectual subnormality (6) - IDIOTS [CD]

28 - Stare at forms revealing a beautiful goddess (7) - ASTARTE*

29 - Some protective cover strangely lacking for a fabulous emperor (7) - CLOTHES [CD]

DOWN

2   - On Thursday, Anna arranged a meeting with him (6) - {NA{TH}AN*}

3   - One in blue could make mole panic (9) - POLICEMAN* Where does one see a policeman in Blue nowadays, at least in India?

4   - Firm having a last fling at a seashore (7) - {CO}{A}{STAL*}

6   - The singer, getting a concession, rushed round (7) - {SOP}{RAN}{O}

7   - Supporter of artistic work (5) - EASEL [CD]

8   - National of North African country bordered by Libya and Algeria (8) - TUNISIAN [E]

9   - The most popular member of the company? (4,9) -  FIRM FAVOURITE [CD]

16 - A radical element? (9) - TERRORIST [CD]

17 - Respects free spirits (8) - SPECTRES*

19 - A line that goes direct to the outer circle (7) - TANGENT [CD]

VIEW THIS CARTOON

21 - Well versed in New Latin for the wedding (7) - {N{UP}TIAL*}

22 - Not much at all (6) - LITTLE [E]

24 - After work is the time for entertainment (5) - {OP}{ERA}

GRID

No 9881, Tuesday 29 Jun 10, M Manna

ACROSS
1   - Passing is an error in the river (9) -{TR{ANSI*}ENT}
6   - Itinerant master gets stuck into the gin (5) - {TRA{M}P}

SEE THIS CARTOON

9   - Aimed to change a middle course (5) - MEDIA*
10 - The woman stitches suits (9) - TAILORESS [E]
11 - Work time is not arranged for theatre activities (10) - {OP}{ERA}{TIONS*}
12 - University hospital leaders admit soldiers in this state (4) - {U}{TA}{H}
14 - Pat sees change of Spanish currency (7) - PESETAS*

15 - Variety of odd jewels to make a fair attraction (7) - {DOD*}{GEMS}

17 - To see in an extraordinarily clear and vivid manner maybe a deceit (7) - {E{I}DETIC*} Such a long definition for 'Photographic memory'
19 - This might mean one has made a bloomer (7) - ANEMONE*

20 - An opinion opposed to another (4) - SIDE [CD]
22 - The dogs ran wild, being willful (10) - HEADSTRONG*
25 - With which the gun-room's furnished (9) - ARMCHAIRS [CD]
26 - It is renowned for its horn formation — one centrally placed (5) - {RH{I}NO} &lit

27 - Having a frame for closing an entrance (5) - GATED [CD]
28 - Young ladies, possibly from Mexico! (9) - SENORITAS [E]
DOWN
1   - Speed and rhythm of music (5) - TEMPO [E]
2   - Spoke to about the clothes being dead wrong (9) - {AD{DRESS}ED*}
3   - A stony hanger on (10) - STALACTITE [CD]

4   - Carves out sailent constituents (7) - ENTAILS*
5   - Made less crowded (7) -THINNED [CD]
6   - Continual activity in moving about (4) - TROT [CD]
7   - Watchful for danger warning (5) - ALERT [DD]
8   - Speedily arranged the spot as required (9) - POSTHASTE*
13 - Commercial enterprise right for a speculator (10) - {AD}{VENTURE}{R}
14 - Body of hacks to force into service (5,4) - PRESS GANG [DD]

SEE THIS CARTOON

16 - A thirfty chap who studies finance (9) - ECONOMIST [DD]
18 - Cried on way for recognition of achievements (7) - {CREDI*}{TS} Where are the anagram & reversal indicators?
19 - Don said to have become English poet and dramatist of 17th Century (7) - ADDISON*
21 - Timed return to resign (5) - DEMIT<-
23 - Logs in for a visit to prisons (5) - {G{A}OLS*}
25 - Fish for little bits of paper punched out of cards (4) - CHAD [DD] Couldn't find any fish named Chad found a Shad as shown below.

GRID

No 9880, Monday 28 Jun 10, Gridman

I decided to play safe and provide only links to the cartoons which have a copyright stamp on it. I shall just mention VIEW THIS CARTOON to take you to the cartoon.
ACROSS
1   - Scribbling para, suitable for nothing (8) - {GRAF}{FIT}{O}Anno for Graf not clear

VIEW THIS CARTOON

5   - Almost arrived at quiet American school grounds (6) - {CAMe}{P}{US}
10 - Friend returns to get good bird (7) - {LAP<-}{WIN}{G}

11 - Old university course one master follows for the time being (7) - {INTER}{I}{M}
12 - There's a way out of regression! (6) - EGRESS [T]
13 - Stud strutting around. What a magical feeling! (8) - STAR{DUST*} Anno pending
15 - Called from one end to the other, no end (4) - RANGed
16 - This makes a person hesitant to deal with foreign things (10) - XENOPHOBIA [CD]

18 - Mistreats ten Syrians cruelly (10) - TYRANNISES*
20 - Crazy for almonds, say (4) - NUTS [DD]
23 - Snare with given lie trotted out (8) - INVEIGLE*
24 - Mary's follower has almost 24 hours with Greek character (6) - {LAMB}{DAy}

26 - Judgment drive devised by court (7) - {VERDI*}{CT}
27 - In apartment Oriental's swell (7) - {IN}{FLAT}{E}
28 - Cigarette for midshipman (6) - REEFER [DD]
29 - Trace CID fit enough to certify (8) - ACCREDIT*
DOWN
1   - Brilliant engineer and juror trap animal doctor detailing dog (6, 9) - {GOLDEN} {RE}{TRIE{VEt}R}

2   - It might be a headache if one wants to use it (7) - ASPIRIN [CD]
3   - Such an excuse is not acceptable (6) - FLIMSY [CD]

4   - Dresses to go back into back street (4) - {T{OG<-}S<-}
6   - Political system governed by one (8) - AUTARCHY [CD]
7   - Rep Burt moves to cause alarm (7) - PERTURB*
8   - Sari entrapments render it partly visible (15) - SEMITRANSPARENT*
9   - It should fetch you something for the present (4, 5) - GIFT TOKEN [CD]
14 - Ailing, yet showing cheeriness (9) - GENIALITY*
17 - Briefly, it's inside without end (8) - INFINITE Anno pending (Addendum - {IN}{FIN{IT}E} - Thanks to Chaturvasi. See comments)
19 - Setback concerning poetry (7) - {RE}{VERSE}
21 - Criticise an arrangement in plaits on the top (7) - {UP}{BRAID}
22 - Umpire has cigarette returned to old man (6) - {GAF}{FER}<-
25 - Girl's about to make record (4) - {DIS}{C}

GRID

No 2591, Sunday 27 Jun 10

ACROSS

1   - Quiet place visited by a group of policemen (6) – {PL}{A}{CID}

5   - Storyteller getting adult to sit back (5) – {A}{ESOP<-}

8   - Bubbly does it, and port (6) – {ODES*}{SA}

10 - A way through unspoilt meadow (7) – {P{A}{ST}URE}

11 - Actress in Oslo as warning broadcast (6,7) – GLORIA SWANSON*

13 - Floor show has nude appearing in kinky act (7) – {CA{BARE}T*}

15 - First to tackle worker having bizarre fit of bad temper (7) – {T}{ANT}{RUM}

17 - Client's ordered copy (7) – STENCIL*

19 - Claimed to be relaxed in examination (7) – MEDICAL*

20 - The car's passenger, on a trip, is duped? (5,3,1,4) – TAKEN FOR A RIDE [CD]

22 - Swing component must be put back ahead of rest, we're told (7) – {TRAP<-}{EZE}(~ease)

23 - A synopsis to think over (6) – DIGEST [DD]

24 - Following behind leader in race (5) – {LATE}{R}

25 - Fairy godmother finally admitted to malice! (6) – {SP{R}ITE}

DOWN

2   - Rope left round beast inside (5) – {L}{ASS}{O}

3   - I torch a clapped-out vehicle (7) – CHARIOT*

4   - Advance payment is brought over in terminal (7) – {DEPO{SI<-}T}

5   - Sailor, instead, amazingly, went on the wagon (9) – {AB}{STAINED}

6   - Suppress illegal dealings in game (6,7) – {SQUASH} {RACKETS}

7   - Groom about to be put in prison (5) – {P{RE}EN}

9   - Terriers, say, having meal in mess (4,9) – {DOGS} {BREAKFAST} [CD]

12 - No head for details in book (4) – fACTS

14 - Extraordinary count, rare anecdotalist (9) – RACONTEUR*

16 - Fist fight in factory (4) – MILL [DD]

18 - Animal no less uneasy about one (7) – {L{I}ONESS*}

19 - Wind more vicious round centre of Cadiz (7) – {MEAN{D}ER}

20 - Very young child, alone, drops one that's full (5) – {TOT}{ALone}

21 - Block of gold I obtained around noon (5) – {I}{N}{GOT}

GRID

No 9879, Saturday 26 Jun 10, Gridman

ACROSS
1   - What you pay for a cube of sugar? Not exactly! (4,3) - {LUMP} {SUM} [CD]
5   - Fellow in yon retreat is an insignificant person (6) - {NO{BOD}Y*}
9   - Cliff hangar? (5) - AERIE [CD]

10 - “Visit once more.” “Pardon?” (4,5) - COME AGAIN [DD]
11 - Hand always about a signal sender (7) - {E{MITT}ER}
12 - Eminence of king featured in a bust, perhaps (7) - {STATU{R}E}
13 - Falsehood in French handout (5) - {F{LIE}R}
14 - How you would describe a monkey, e.g., completely? (3,2,4) - TOP TO TAIL [CD]
16 - A building feature that's projected to bring in air and light (3,6) - BAY WINDOW [E]

19 - Turned to second Chinese dynasty (5) - {S}{WUNG} Found a WANG dynasty but not WUNG?
21 - Saying nothing about a luxury car falling back is a mistake (7) - {E{RR}{A}TUM}<-
23 - River is obstacle to one prisoner (7) - {RUB}{I}{CON}
24 - Bewilderment of fool over type of jazz (9) - {CON}{FUSION}
25 - Defeats in circuitous tours (5) - ROUTS*
26 - Sanction rise to the auditor (6) - ASSENT(~ascent)
27 - Roughly chart each air passage (7) - {TRACH*}{EA}
DOWN
1   - This permits one to take time off (5,2,7) -  LEAVE OF ABSENCE [CD]
2   - Craft shown in small cocktail (7) - {M{ART}INI}
3   - Place of refinement (7) - SMELTER [E]
4   - Scot, taking time with Edward, became thin (9) - {MAC}{ERA}{TED} New word for me.
5   - Stuns figures with no hesitation (5) - NUMBerS
6   - Boast villain has restrained publicity (7) - {BRAV{AD}O} Never knew Bravo also meant villain.
7   - Auld car refurbished for the count (7) - DRACULA*

8   - Highbrows with elitist leaning, possibly (14) - INTELLIGENTSIA*
15 - One to supply energy (5,4) - {POWER} {UNIT} &lit
17 - Heard why dummy corporations produce underpants (1-6) - (~why){Y}-{FRONTS}

18 - Agitated nit, not being polite, to gatecrash (7) - {INT*}{RUDE}
19 - Southern peninsula, a place of exile (7) - {S}{IBERIA}
20 - Dirty Hun hovering around court with no right (7) - {UN{COUrT}H*}
22 - Circle in poor visibility, getting a little wet (5) - {M{O}IST}

GRID

No 9878, Friday 25 Jun 10, Gridman

ACROSS

1   - Broad to choose in-charge holding lot (8) - {E{C}LECT}{IC}

5   - Walk out from Gobi, say (6) - DESERT [DD]

9   - Gun goes off, tune breaks out: it's something soothing (7) - {UNG*}{UENT*} New word for me

10 - I am one to say no head is to copy (7) - {I'M}{ITATE}

11 - Translate from printer output and put out in French (9) - {INTERP*}{RET}

12 - Gush once with due preparation (5) - {EX}{UDE*}

13 - Storyteller's link in the beginning of novel (4) - TIES ?

14 - Shouted boisterously at artist and cook caught in a situation of undress (9) - {BAR{RA}{CK}ED}

17 - Herald the appearance of beaten-up rep and vile fellows with gold (9) - {PRE*}{CURS}{OR}

19 - Orderly to cut prune (4) - TRIM [DD]

23 - Queen with a couple of fellows to drink (5) - {QU}{A}{FF}

24 - Molested lady holding a man caught finally in a stubborn manner (9) - {AD{A}{MAN}{T}LY*} Unlike Gridman to use A MAN as it is

25 - A girl model is fat (7) - {A}{DI}{POSE}

26 - Account for one northern village officer having diamonds (7) - {I}{N}{VO}{ICE}

27 - Fixed the girlfriend (6) - STEADY [DD]

28 - Pole, penniless, in unit losing the thing is not thrown into disorder (8) - {U{N}{BROKE}Nit}

DOWN

1   - Axe TU: I've some characters to cast off (8) - EXUVIATE* Another new word for me.

2   - One who gets something willingly from someone else (7) - LEGATEE [E]

3   - New ball for the woman to shout about (6) - {C{HER}RY} New ball as in cricket!! Was foxed for quite a while

4   - Remigrate rani for having arranged union within a group (13) - INTERMARRIAGE*

6   - About ten eyeing rocks in pressing necessity (8) - {E{X}IGEN{C}Y*}

7   - Rubbing out a period? Yes! (7) - {ERA}{SURE}

8   - Link engineer to Head of Department – not level (6) - {TIE}{RE}{D}

10 - The kind of point that raises a question (13) - INTERROGATION [CD]

15 - Framework for building gone up in heat (8) - {SCA{FFO<-}LD}

16 - Heavens! Men repay quite unexpectedly! (8) - EMPYREAN*

18 - Get to understand one serial flopped (7) - {REAL{I}SE*}

20 - After which one might come to a different decision (7) - RETHINK [CD}

21 - Meets peers (6) - EQUALS [DD]

22 - Reveals loss of a plastic tray (6) - SALVERe* E as in Young's Modulus?

GRID

No 9877, Thursday 24 Jun 10, Gridman

I need to fix the links to THE HINDU now that the paper has upgraded it's site, shall do so tomorrow.
Got the creeps today with so many snakes around!!
ACROSS

1   - Segregated, for I was critical about Opposition leader (8) - {I}{S{O}LATED}

6   - Austrian earl in Agra fort (4) - GRAF [T]

9   - One artist going round to preserve obscure matters (6) - {A}{R{CAN}A} New word for me

10 - Scandal caused by raw beginner caught in interruption (7) - {OUT{R}AGE}

13 - They are expert in tongues (9) - LINGUISTS [CD]

14 - Fetch black ornament (5) - {B}{RING}

15 - Bow to the senior citizen as you (though old) return (4) - {OB}{EY<-}

16 - Sometimes it's needed for one to be in a job (4,6) - WORK PERMIT [CD]

19 - Men failing to dissect the thriller writer (3,7) - IAN FLEMING*

21 - Couple to make good as engineer leaves (4) - rePAIR

24 - Pitcher? (5) - ADMAN [CD]

25 - Retrograde Indian Railways, out of peculiarity, felling trees of a kind (9) - EUCALYPTIir*

26 - Not allowed to be sick as one starts cracking one bone (7) - {ILL}{I}{C}{I}{T}

27 - Pronounced control relating to a wedding (6) - (~bridle)BRIDAL

28 - Standard of an Agatha Christie title (4) - N OR M [DD]

29 - Big snake from Canada, no flogging! (8) - ANACONDA*

DOWN

2   - Peculiar, good man is online (7) - {ST}{RANGE}

3   - The French takes time over university alliance (6) - {LE}{AG{U}E}

4   - Change vehicles that do not have India's top grade (9) - {TRAiNS}{FORM}

5   - Tears medical officer before operations (5) - {DR}{OPS}

7   - State one's in displaying practicality (7) - {REAL{I'S}M}

8   - Fear about Oriental school in long haul (7,5) - {FR{E}IGHT} {TRAIN}

11 - Time to bleat about aspirin, for example (6) - {T}{ABLET*}

12 - Floridian out to prepare a water treatment process (12) - FLUORIDATION*

17 - A second out questioning company supporter – a slippery creature (4,5) - {asKING} {CO}{BRA}

18 - Cut short! Not entirely pleasant treatment is given there! (6) - {CLIp}{NICe} Nice clue, took me a while to figure out the anno.

20 - More lively doctor, diving into the river, rose first (7) - {NI{MB}LE}{R}

22 - Go like the clappers! (7) - APPLAUD [CD]

23 - Part of tumult I moderated last month (6) - ULTIMO [T]

25 - No ball, perhaps, for player in an insignificant part (5) - EXTRA [DD]

GRID

No 9876, Wednesday 23 Jun 10, Gridman

ACROSS
1   - Old record is used in Gridman's article to develop stories (11) - {MY}{TH{O}{LOG}{IS}E}
9   - Industrialist and sailor back a series of knocks (3-1-3) - {RAT}-{A-TAT} <- I wish Gridman had clued it as R@@@
10 - Rate differently issue in crime against the government (7) - {TREA*}{SON}
11 - Pull one in game with the last two gone (5) - {HO{I}CKey}
12 - Or — thrice it's extracted and used in perfumery (5,4) - ORRIS ROOT*

13 - Thin slice for fellow in rough warehouse (5) - {WA{F}ER*}
15 - Momentary loss? (4-5) - TIME-LAPSE [CD]
18 - Three-foot ruler (9) - {YARD}{STICK} &lit
21 - You needn't do anything to earn this title (5) - IDLER [CD]
22 - Destination of the Magi (9) - BETHLEHEM [E]
24 - Enter gangleader's warning at an auction house (5) - {GO}{IN}{G} Nice one
26 - Five leave village and stormily take pupil: it's unauthorised (7) - {vILLEGA*}{L}
27 - Fruit for a village officer and a doc in trouble (7) - {A}{VO}{C{A}DO*} I hate this fruit and my better half loves it!

28 - Sure things with some matches (11) - {CERTAIN}{TIES}
DOWN
1   - How a soldier might leave a place quickly? (5,4) - MARCH AWAY [CD] Why quickly? I suppose Gridman has added quickly as the word of command in english is 'QUICK MARCH' or 'TEZ CHAL' in Hindi.
2   - Race to workers' sit-out (5) - {TU}{TSI*}
3   - Kiss tutor outrageously in the fringes (9) - OUTSKIRTS*
4   - ''In” mail? Just the opposite in remote settlement (7) - {OUT}{POST}
5   - Fit, possessing a bit of energy, for the time being (7) - {INT{E}RIM}
6   - Quits before the opponents (5) - {EVE}{NS}
7   - Legal bar lest Pope should be at variance (8) - ESTOPPEL*
8   - Join, abandoning oriental detachment (4) - UNITe
14 - Anticipated a number said and counted (8) - {~four}{FORE}{TOLD}
16 - How a humiliated person should not take things? (5,4) - LYING DOWN [CD]

17 - Monstrous guise ogre adopted (9) - EGREGIOUS*
19 - Boy breaks in with the woman for a respirator (7) - {IN}{H{AL}ER}
20 - Capital on Lake Victoria (7) - KAMPALA [E]
22 - Minor deviation with second spout (4) - {B}{LIP}
23 - See, soldier begins cannoning with reasoning (5) - {LO}{GI}{C}
25 - Language team accepts artist's question (5) - {I{RA}{Q}I}

GRID

No 9875, Tuesday 22 Jun 10, Gridman

ACROSS
1   - Informal talk with girl model imbibing tea (8) - {CHI{T}{CHA}T}
5   - Burning a fine material (6) -{A}{F}{LAME}

9   - Attack small relative for a kind of leather (8) - {GO AT}{S}{KIN}
10 - Boy told to dance (6) - MORRIS [DD]

12 - Go out once with appeal (4) - {EX}{IT}
13 - Bird to move to river with one fish (10) - {BUDGE}{R}{I}{GAR}

15 - Gigolo, dropping a ring, running to a gallery (6) - {LOGGIo*}{A}
17 - Consumed with school, say (5) - EATEN(~eton)
20 - Foreign national is king in film (5) - {C{R}OAT}
21 - Lean content of some agreements (6) - MEAGRE [T]
24 - Fine piano had us jumping (10) - DIAPHANOUS*
27 - Lot of money for oriental material (4) - {LAC}{E}
29 - As used to address a judge (6) - MILORD [CD]
30 - Radical at finish in California sees faithful signs (8) - {C{RED}{END}A}
31 - On the job, with no hand in text accompanier (2,4) - ArT WORK
32 - Disturbed old people taking kind of palm tea, we hear (8) - {AG{ITA}{T}ED}
DOWN
1   - Reportedly ring a young swimmer (6) - CYGNET(~signet)

2   - Sort of type inclined to be emphatic (6) - ITALIC [E]
3   - About to deposit money (4) -{CA}{SH}(Correction - {C}{ASH} )
4   - Farewell announcement that is uninspiring, to begin with (5) - {AD}{IE}{U}
6   - Knock down father going round small room (5) -{F{LOO}R}
7   - To commandeer, roar furiously at the wicket (8) - {ARRO*}{GATE}
8   - Hold sacred Poles herein roaming around (8) - {E{NS}HRINE*}
11 - Lizard using not singular but a double disguise (6) - {IGU{A}Ns*}{A}

14 - Spoils implement by throwing it up (4) - LOOT<-
16 - Playing recklessly? (6) - GAMING [CD]
17 - Long to start late and receive money as payment (4) - yEARN
18 - Bill, ace, intended to go up in the world of scholars (8) - {AC}{A}{DEMIA<-}
19 - Alarm now about an ancient body of rules (5,3) -   {ROMAN LAW*}
22 - Bird found by girl in hollow gallipot (6) - {G{ANNE}T}

23 - Bomb found by darling on a road (6) - {PET}{A}{RD}
25 - One who engages employees in a Cheshire restaurant (5) - HIRER [T]
26 - Strip of equipment with bender: ring comes off (5) - {U}{NRIG*} Shouldn't this have been 'Strip off'
28 - Make a change that will turn the tide (4) - EDIT*

GRID

No 9874, Monday 21 Jun 10, Nita Jaggi

NJ-NJ please go away and don't come back another day.

ACROSS
1   - Investigate a senior held in a disaster (7) - {TR{AGED}Y}
5   - Rider's novel read in front of father, an expert guide (6) - {SHE}{R}{PA}
10 - Scraps of scattered ornaments left initially outside (8) - REMNANTSo*
11 - Good boy reviews one's spiritual knowledge (6) - {G}{NOS<-}{I'S}
13 - Plays with trinkets (4) - TOYS [DD]
14 - Now I see her distracting the President (10) - EISENHOWER*
16 - Musician's jacket, overheard (6) - RAPPER(~wrapper)

18 - Journalist goes back to an inmate, struggling with deteriorating mental state (8) - {DE}{MENTIA*}
21 - Keen to fix the hedge (8) - {QUICK}{SET}
22 - Controls the wardens (6) - GUARDS [DD]
25 - New in style (10) - INNOVATIVE [E]
27 - Correct the bad language out in students finally (4) - CURsE
30 - New banknotes (6) - TENDER [DD]
31 - Maya is in trouble running topless (8) - {ILL}USION Anno pending, who is running topless here?
32 - Turning course, fish rises in a sideways drift (6) - {LEE<-}{WAY<-}
33 - Fate of the French opener (7) - {DES}{TINY}
DOWN
2   - Drink is in front of my game (5) - {RUM}{MY}
3   - Leave in the kid (4) - {GO}{AT}

4   - Fact of the French sleuth (6) - {DE}{TAIL}
6   - Camelback slope (5) - HUNCH [E]
7   - Red spray is used in perfume (4,5) - {ROSE} {WATER}
8   - Albert exiled from Oz to another country (7) - AUSTRalIA
9   - Hollow box on the side (6) - {CRATE}{R}
12 - Member has the Spanish masterpiece (5) - {LEG}{EL} or is it {L{EL}EG}? Is this NJ's masterpiece to end this round?
15 - Cover the ground (4) - DECK [DD]
17 - Flying pigeon can cause distress (9) - POIGNANCE*
19 - Large birds shown in The Three Musketeers (4) - EMUS [T]

20 - Heartlessly try to follow the pitch-black part of the harbour (5) - {JET}{TrY}
21 - Woman drops an equivalent kind of mass unit (7) - QUINTALeve*
23 - Insane to have spread the colour (6) - SIENNA*
24 - Develop part of some revolvers (6) - EVOLVE [T]
26 - South Indian form of lute instrument (5) - VEENA [CD]

28 - Head singer is out of the concert in the club (5) - UNIsON
29 - Requirement for powder (4) - DUST [DD] ? What's the requirement here?

GRID

No 2590, Sunday 20 Jun 10

ACROSS
1   - One leaving order for artillery (8) – ORDiNANCE
5   - A female in posh car getting more reckless (6) – {R{A}{SHE}R}

10 - Japanese dog biting contralto in opera (5) – {TOS{C}A}

11 - Nickname for resolute men in club teams (9) – {IRON}{SIDES}

12 - Use to perform surgery (7) – OPERATE [DD]
13 - A President Ford car (7) – LINCOLN [DD]

14 - Deceptively prim, I ran centre with accomplice (7,2,5) – PARTNER IN CRIME*
17 - So craftier plot hatched in jungle (8,6) – TROPICAL FOREST*
21 - Two lines of verse produced by associate, last in sonnet (7) – {COUPLE}{T}
23 - Snake, excellent specimen (7) – RATTLER What's the connection between Rattler and excellent specimen?
24 - Sailing boat can crossing a West Country river (9) – {C{A}{TAMAR}AN}

25 - Incompetent writer rejected in it (5) – {I{NEP<-}T}
26 - Cause of timeless crime? (6) – tREASON
27 - Put off drinking tin, for bottle (8) – {DE{CAN}TER} Nice clue
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1   - Work? Not I, spoilt for choice! (6) – {OP}{TION*}
2   - Outlaw peer, odd as can be (9) – DESPERADO*

3   - A very angry upset worker in firm (7) – {A}{DAM<-}{ANT}
4   - One may cast a shadow in Beijing plant (7,7) – CHINESE LANTERN [CD]

6   - As found in vaccines radiographer brought over (7) – ARSENIC [T<-] Another nice one
7   - Doctor in Hoy rebuilt a health spa (5) – {HY{DR}O}
8   - Took exception to being put on after opener's taken off (8) – pRESENTED
9   - End argument for as opposed to against? (4,10) – {GOAL} {DIFFERENCE} Football fanatics VJ, Kishore and Giridhar must be happy with this clue
15 - Rude when drinking drop of vodka on the rocks (9) – {INSOL{V}ENT}
16 - One of the crocks at races? (5,3) – STOCK CAR*

18 - At home, dance up in the air (2,5) – {IN} {LIMBO}
19 - In tears having spilt wine (7) – RETSINA*
20 - Large hole in old car beginning to rust (6) – {CRATE}{R}
22 - Very vital to resourceful tramps (5) – ULTRA [T]

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